Visual artists are perceived as being on the margins of society, if not firmly ensconced outside the city gates. From that vantage point, we understand, they have more to say about that society
than those barbecuing on their patios in the shadow of the inside of the city walls. In this collection of articles, contributors examine the true outsiders, those whose lives' choices or
circumstances have made them expatriates, whether in the West or elsewhere. Topics include the experiences of visual artists from Egypt in the West, post-colonial theory and its implications
for artistic expression, Lacan's approach to Orientalism, the shifts engendered by globalization, and the further shifts necessary to survive and thrive on the cusp as a peripheral and
perpetual insider. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation 穢2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
